It is a lighter car but I have manual steering on my 69 Cuda and it is easy to drive. It has a fairly wide tire in the front as well. On the highway you don't even notice it at all. I have installed a Borgeson power steering box on a couple customers cars and I second if you have the money, they are a quality unit and work very well. I could not put power steering on my Cuda because it has a procharger bracket where the pump would go.